Brydon Carse will replace Gus Atkinson for England's second T20 International against India on Saturday while Jamie Smith has also been added to the squad. Atkinson bled 38 runs in his two wicketless overs in the series opener in Kolkata where India cruised to a seven-wicket victory with more than seven overs to spare.

Jos Buttler can spend hours practising his smile in the mirror. But unless his team-mates can learn how to counter spin, that weary frown will return, and Brendon McCullum’s spell in charge of this team will go no better than what came before.

Being sent in to bat, the visitors were never allowed to gain control courtesy of a clinical bowling effort. England were ultimately rolled out for a mere 132 before India knocked off

England’s white-ball tour of India got underway on Wednesday in Kolkata with a seven-wicket defeat as the tourists’ batters were blown away by the hosts’ spinners and opening batter Abhishek Sharma. In Brendon McCullum’s first limited-overs game as England’s head coach across all formats,

T20 result and latest cricket reaction as Sharma blasts hosts to victory - England face the world champions in Brendon McCullum’s first match in charge of the white-ball side

The action will now move to Chennai, where the Men in Blue haven't played a T20I since 2018 - which is also the last time that the venue hosted a T20I of any kind. In the first T20I, India

India's T20 team showed it was unaffected by the ailments afflicting the longer-format sides as the reigning world champions completed a comprehensive seven-wicket win in the first T20 against England in Kolkata on Wednesday.